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spooky season

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The days leading up to, and including, Halloween.

countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

“October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. I’m not sure why it’s October, maybe because it’s spooky season and the scariest thing that could happen⟳ to you would be cancer.”
“Once October hits, we're ready for spooky season and while we loved telling scary stories in the dark when we were kids, not everyone loves horror. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but I hate⟳ scary movies.”
“But it’s heartening that we can have⟳ something like⟳ There’s Someone, a just OK movie with a diverse cast⟳ — a somewhat goofy slasher we'll all probably forget⟳ when spooky season ends.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Spool spool brush spool cannon spool-and-line Spool-in Spool-out

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